Directions:
1. Copy down the definitions below. These definitions show the different ways that we can classify (group) numbers based on their characteristics.
2. Go into your reassigned work on Compass. Use these notes to re-take the quiz "Irrational Numbers and Classifying Numbers"
1. Copy down the definitions below. These definitions show the different ways that we can classify (group) numbers based on their characteristics.
2. Go into your reassigned work on Compass. Use these notes to re-take the quiz "Irrational Numbers and Classifying Numbers"
Definitions:
Natural Numbers = counting numbers or "regular" numbers
Ex: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5,...
Whole Numbers = the natural numbers and zero (0)
Ex: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6,...
Integers = the whole numbers and their opposites/negatives
Ex: -12, -1, 0, 1, 12,...
Rational Numbers = the integers plus fractions and decimals that terminate (end) or repeat
Ex: 2, 7/9, -2/9, 0.30982, 2.5, -0.222222...
Irrational Numbers = any decimal that doesn't repeat or end (non-terminating and non-repeating decimals)
Ex: pi, sqrt(2), 0.2360982346982...
Real Numbers = all rational and irrational numbers